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TIL the ambient air in eight Italian cities has been found to contain low levels of cocaine and marijuana

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Qy7a TIL that the Indian serial killer Thug Behram is credited with murdering 931 people. He was executed in 1840.
a87mN TIL Mount Tambora had a series of violent eruptions in April of 1815, resulting in the largest eruption in recorded human history & an estimated 71,000 deaths. This led to 1816 being known as the year without a summer, resulting in the worst famine of the century when crops failed & livestock died.
OGX1Y TIL Kate Bush shares her birthday, July 30, with Emily Brontë, the author of 'Wuthering Heights'
YE9d TIL the words “faggot” and “Fascist” both come from the Latin word “fascis,” meaning “bundle of wood.”
xV8VB TIL of the ancient Greek stoic philosopher Chrysippus of Soli, who initiated the success of Stoicism. He died of laughter at the age of 73 after witnessing a donkey eating his figs.